February 9, 2005
Conservative or watchdog?

A report in today's New York Times on a August 2000 fund-raiser for then Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton that lead to the indictment of Sen. Clinton's finance director, paints a picture of the VRWC out to get the Clintons. It also shows the continuing effort of a longtime nemesis of the Clintons, Judicial Watch, […]

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February 7, 2005
Letters project

Tuesday's New York Times letters to the editor: 15 total letters. 5 left-wing. 2 right-wing. 8 non-partisan.

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February 7, 2005
Outrage of the day

Thanks to Powerline we are reminded that former PBS "newsman" Bill Moyers is a less-than-stellar journalist. If an apology to former Interior Secretary James Watt and retraction from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune is not immediately forthcoming, then Moyers cements his reputation as a partisan hack.

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February 6, 2005
Tough questions vs. dishonesty

On today's "Meet the Press," Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld didn't let critically-acclaimed journalist Tim Russert get away with a gross mischaracterization/video dowdifying of the infamous "armored humvees" question. MR. RUSSERT: Yeah, I understand. Some things that members of Congress has said. This is Susan Collins, a Republican--not a Democrat, Republican: "I think there are increasing […]

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February 6, 2005
Letters project

Sunday New York Times: 12 total letters. 3 liberal. 1 conservative (though the individual writing the letter describes himself as a liberal). 8 non-partisan.

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February 5, 2005
Letters project

Saturday's New York Times letters to the editor: 15 total letters. 9 politically neutral. 4 left-wing. 2 right-wing. I would also like to note that one of the right-wing letters is from the Heritage Foundation in answer to a Paul Krugman column. When the Times' editorialists or a columnist singles out an individual or organization, […]

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February 5, 2005
Is our kids learning?

If I stub my toe, is President Bush to blame? If you're a columnist for The New York Times, then the answer is yes. Anything that is wrong in the world must be the fault of that bumbling, stupid, deviously evil Republican president. Bob Herbert learns that many American high school students aren't appreciative of […]

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February 3, 2005
Letters project

Friday's New York Times letters to the editor: 13 total letters. 7 anti-Bush. 1 neutral. 2 pro-Bush (yesterday's prediction was 100 percent accurate) 3 non-political letters.

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February 3, 2005
Letters project

Today's New York Times letters to the editor: 14 total letters. All non-partisan. Responses to the State of the Union speech should appear in tomorrow's paper -- I'm going to guess that there will be two pro-Bush letters.

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February 3, 2005
CNN's big problem

For an incredibly complete account of this which I will be quickly summarizing, check out Captain's Quarters. (Where does he get the time?) In short, CNN's top executive, Eason Jordan, in a forum discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, accused American troops of targeting journalists for assassination. This is the same Eason […]

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